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Mitchell E. Fadel | Rent-A-Center, Inc. |
Maureen B. Short | Rent-A-Center, Inc. |
Beryl Bugatch | Raymond James & Associates, Inc. |
Kyle Joseph | Jefferies LLC |
Bradley B. Thomas | KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. |
John Allen Baugh | Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. |
Carla Casella | JPMorgan Securities LLC |
Anthony Chukumba | Loop Capital Markets LLC |
Vincent Caintic | Stephens, Inc. |
John Rowan | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC |
Good morning and thank you for holding. Welcome to Rent-A-Center's First Quarter Earnings Conference Call.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded, Tuesday, May 1, 2018.
Your speakers today are Mr. Mitch Fadel, Chief Executive Officer of Rent-A-Center; Ms.